Rail-fastening means.



H. HABSH.. RAIL FASTENING MEANS'. APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, |917.

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`I-IG'W'ARD I-IARSII, 0E OSAKI-S, MXNNESOTA.

RAIL-FASTENING MEANS.

Application filed July 28, 1917. i Serial N o. 183,257.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HOWARD HARsrI, a

citizen of the United States, residing at skilled in the art to which itappertains'to make and use the same.

vThis invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail fasteningmeans and the primary object of the invention is to provide means ofthis character which can loe adjusted to permit of the rail beingadjustedvertically and which can be further adjusted to permit of therail being adjusted laterallyy in either direction.

Another ob'ect of the invention is to provide a railroad tie at each endwith a pair of rail fastening means, each pair of rail fastening meansbeing adjustable with respect to each other whereby the rails can loeadjusted in spaced relation to each other or equally adjusted laterallyin the same direction.

A further object of the invention is to provide a reversible railroadtie at each end with a pair of vertically disposed casings, each adaptedto receive spike holding dece., which may be inserted thereinto fromeither end of the casing and lockingly en gaged therewith.

With these and other objects in view as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as-will be more fullydescribed hereinafter, and set forth with j aarticularity in theappendcdclaims.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal. sectional view through a portion ofthe railroad tie showing my improved rail fastening means operativelyassociated therewith.

Fig. 2 is transverse sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

` Fig. 3 is a similarview showing the spike holder after it has beenrotatably adjusted.

Fig. i is a vertical sectional View through the spike holder casing, andj Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the same.

Similar characters of reference are used to denote corresponding partsthroughout the accompanying drawings and the following description.

4Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral lindicates a railroad tie which in this instanceis constructed of cementand is provided adjacent each end with a pair of vertically disposedspike holder casings Q respectively. Each of these spike holder casingsis square in cross section and is offset on three sides intermediate itsends to provide a recess 3. This offset portion serves tonanchor thecasing within. the tie and prevent casual displacement.

An elongated spike holder el, of square cross sectional contour, isremovably positioned within each casing. Each spike holder is providedin one side witha longitudinally disposed channel 5 which is arrangedadjacent one edge of saidside for a purpose which will presently appear.y

A. latch member 6 has its lower end pivotally mounted as indicated bythenumeral 7 in the channel 5 of each spike holder and is adapted to beadjusted at its upper end in and out of the channel through the me diumof a set screw 8 which extends there through. The intermediate portionof the latch member is provided with a laterally projecting shoulder 9that is adapted to lockingly engage within the recess 3.

ln the operation of the device the spike holder e is inserted within thecasing t2 and the shoulderl 9 lockingly engaged within the recess 3after which the spike 10 is driven into the channel between the latchmember and the bottom of the channel until the spike head rests upon thebase ange of the rail ll. After the spike has been driven home, the setscrew 8 is vturned up into engagement with the spike so as to rigidlyhold it in an operative position with respect to the rail and the tie. Y

Should it be desired to adjust the rail ver tically or shim. it up, theset screws 8 can be loosened and a shim placed under the rail base andthe spikes again driven home and secured in adjusted position.

On the other hand should it be desired to use a rail having a basefiange of greater width than the one shown, the spike holders can beremovably and rotatably adjusted so that the sides indicated by thenumeral "l2 are nearest the rail iiange, by virtue of which adjustmentthe spikes 10 will be farther removed from each. other to receive thelargerY rail base. By adj ustably rotating the spike holders so that theAYsides 13 are opother, so that say for instance one side l2 of onespike holder and one side 13 of the other spike holder` are opposed toeach other, a number' of adjusted combinations may be had to produce thedesired laterall adjustment of' thel rail. v

. Since the recesses 3 are formed-intermediate the ends of the spikeholder casings, it will be manifest that the spike holders can beVquickly and-readily removed from the position shown, the tie reversedbottom for top and the spike holders again inserted into the casings,and lthe shoulders, 9 'engaged with the recesses of the casing. It is ofcourse to Vbe understood that the spike holders can be rotatablyadjusted, in this in-v stance, in the same manner that they could bebefore the tie was reversed.

I claim: K LA railroad tie comprising a pair of casings disposedvertically therethrough, a

spike.holder removably positioned in each ol Vsaid casings, a spikeremovably posi.-

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tioned in one ofsaid spike holders, and

Vmeans for locking each of said spikes andspike holders to theirrespective casings.

J2. A railroad tie` comprising a pair of leasings disposed verticallytherethrouglna spike holder ,insertib-le in each of said casings fromeither end, means carried by each spike holder adapted to lockinglyengage the intermediate portion of the casing, a spike for each spikeholder, and means for locking said spike in adjusted position.

3. VThe combination with a railroad tie, of rail fastening meanscomprising a pair of casings disposed vertically through each end ofsaid tie, a spike holder removably positioned Within each casing, meansfor locking each'spike holder in'itsrespec'tivey casing, and means forlocking a spike within 'each Spike helder. f

d. `The combination With a railroad tie,y of rail fastening means andmeans for rotatably adjusting said 'fastening means to per? mit oflateral adjustmentof the rail.

5. VTheV combination with a railroad tie,-

-each end, a easing arranged in 'each opening and provided intermediateits ends with a recess, a spike holder removably arranged within eachcasing and embodying a latch member, a shoulder formed on said latch.member and adapted to engage the using recess, a spike adapted to bedriven in said spike holder between it and said latch member until thespike head rests` upon the rail flange, and a set screw extendingthrough said latch member and adapted to engage said spike to hold itagainst movement.

8; A reversible railroad tie having a pair of openings extendingverticali)7 therethrough adjacent each end, a casing disposed througheach opening and formed with a recess extending around three sidesthe-reci and disposed intern'iediate its ends, a spike Vholder arrangedin each easing and embodying a latch member pivotally mounted within thespike holder, a shoulder formed on said latch member and adapted toengage the recess of said casing, a spike adapted to be. driven inbetween the latch member and the spike holder', and a set screwextending through the free end ot the latch member and adapted to engagethe spike to hold it against movement, said spike holder being removablypositioned within the casing to permit it to be rotatably adjustedWithin the casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name t0 this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HOWARD HARSH. Witnesses D. B. MCCLEIRY, S. B. LEE.

Copier of this patent may be obtained for rive cents each, 'by adressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. j

